Who's Who

Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District

Address: P.O. Box 1168, Wasco CA 93280 | Phone: 661-758-5153

GENERAL MANAGER
Kris I. Lawrence

OPERATIONS MANAGER
Bryan Rosales

DISPATCHER/HYDROGRAPHER
Sam Madrid

OFFICE MANAGER 
Sarah K. Pitts

ATTORNEY
Scott K. Kuney
Alan F. Doud

AUDITOR
Barbich Hooper King Dill Hoffman Accountancy Corporation
5001 E Commercenter Dr STE 350
Bakersfield, CA 93309
(661) 631-1171

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Division 1 – Craig D. Fulwyler, President
Division 2 – Randy D. Bloemhof
Division 3 – Benjamin P. Wilson
Division 4 – Geordy W. Wise, Vice President
Division 5 – David Bloemhoff, III

MEETINGS
2nd Wednesday @ 9:00 AM at the District Office (16294 Hwy 43, Wasco)

DISTRICT SIZE: 38,094 Acres
WATER SUPPLY: Friant Kern Canal (CVP)
ACRE FEET: 89,600 Maximum
UNDERGROUND RECHARGE ACRE FEET: No groundwater spreading

WEBSITE: swid.org

Water Fact

Friant Dam and Miller ton Lake (520,500-acre-foot capacity), were completed in 1942, on the San Joaquin River northeast of Fresno. The Friant-Kern Canal, was completed in 1949, running 152 miles from Friant to the Kern River in Bakersfield.

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